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On 04 July 2010, two hairy-nosed otters, one female and one male, were caught by local fisherman in Chbor (Case Net) at Along Raing village. Each weighed around 2,5-3kg. The place where they were caught is near Tisampouch Lake, where the presence of otters had been confirmed by camera trapping. The young otters were quickly released and returned to the wild by our community researcher in Along Raing.
Tisampouch Lake is good place for conservation of species, fish, bird and mammal. Our team also chose this place for a dry season lake survey to support the formation of a community protected no-fishing zone.
On the left, the community researcher (in white tee-shirt) isabout to release one of the otters
The otters were caught in this type of fishing gear on the right. This is illegal fishing gear. Besides catching fish, this trap is also catches turtles, snakes, and small mammals.
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